MAP21: The Other Side (Jenesis)

MAP21: The Other Side is the twenty-first map of Jenesis. It was designed by James Paddock (Jimmy) and uses the music track "Deevine," composed by Xaser. The par time is 40 seconds.

Essentials
Because of the death exit in the previous level, this level is played from a pistol start.

Go up the steps to your left, which are guarded by imps (plus a demon on Ultra-Violence (UV) and Nightmare (NM) skill levels), then head east through some blood to find a shotgun at the north end of a collapsed bridge. Continue east up some brown steps defended by imps and a mutant and take an armor at the top, then go north into a cavern with spectres before going west through some imps and demons to find the red skull key sitting under a bloodfall.

Go back down to the collapsed bridge and drop into the blood river below. then head east towards a revenant standing next to a red skull bar, which you can open to find a mancubus guarding a switch that will raise the bridge. Go back to the river and enter the red teleporter to go back up to the bridge, cross it to reach a large gate then press the skull switch to your left to open the gate and reveal an arch-vile. Kill or avoid the monster and enter the dark tunnel behind it to finish the level.

Other points of interest
After climbing the steps at the start, follow the left-hand rock round to find a chaingun and a box of bullets. Two mutants protect the weapon on UV and NM.

After crossing the bridge, drop off the edge in the north-east corner to land on a berserk pack.

Secrets

 * 1) At the red key, find the rock wall to the north-east that looks different (next to an impaled skull) and lower it. You will find a backpack, a box of bullets and a box of shotgun shells. (sector 170)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on February 23, 2023.

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Trivia

 * This map was introduced in Part 2 of Jenesis, where it occupied the MAP15 slot. It was moved to MAP21 in Part 3.